No report of dead poultry received during weekend

TUARAN: No culling of poultry was conducted at the bird flu outbreak area in Kampung Kauluan and neighouring villages here during the weekend.

Sabah Veterinary Services Department Deputy Director Dr Peter Lee said they also did not receive any reports of dead poultry on Saturday and Sunday.

However, samples from one nearby village, Kampung Kebayau, was confirmed positive last Wednesday. Previously, Kampung Telibong and Kampung Loputung –all within the five kilometre radius surveillance area– also tested positive.

“Monitoring went well on Saturday involving 18 villages within the 5 km radius, and we also took 203 samples from 97 poultry. “Yesterday, we surveyed two more villages with 67 samples taken from 24 poultry.